Goa BroadBand nearing end, govt may log into BharatNet

PANAJI: With the Goa BroadBand Network (GBBN) project nearing its end, the state government now plans to implement the Centre’s Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BharatNet) in Goa to connect the village panchayats and over 200 government offices. The state department of information technology has sought Rs 327.7 crore from the Centre’s Department of Telecommunications to create the nation-wide optical fibre network.

With the tendering process for BharatNet expected to take around a year, the contract with United Telecoms Limited (UTL) has been extended till July 2021. UTL is the private agency that has tied up with the government to implement GBBN, which is a 10-year public private partnership project.